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Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus
Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina · All 54 Amazon Web Services sites · Every Amazon case on our tracker
Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus is a data center under construction in Rockingham, North Carolina (Richmond County), operated by Amazon Web Services. The public record puts it at announced June 2025, 800 acres, a reported $10 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Amazon Web Services
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Airport Road, Rockingham, Richmond County, NC
- Coordinates
- 34.9445, -79.7750
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 800 acres
- Investment
- $10 billion
- Announced
- June 2025
- Utility
- Duke Energy
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 500 permanent
- Public subsidy
- 50% property tax reduction; 65% personal property tax relief (20-year incentive package per building, contingent on $1B investment and 50 jobs by end of 2030), Richmond County, NC, 2025
- Community reception
- Supported
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- October 31, 2025Under constructionOfficial groundbreaking at Energy Way Industrial Park, Rockingham Source: Data Center Dynamics
- June 2025ProposedAWS announced $10 billion investment; largest single capital project in North Carolina history
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 29, 2026. Groundbreaking ceremony October 31, 2025 attended by local and state officials; described as largest single capital project in NC history
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
Groundbreaking ceremony October 31, 2025 attended by local and state officials; described as largest single capital project in NC history
Power and water
Sited adjacent to Duke Energy Sherwood H. Smith Jr. energy complex (2.24 GW natural gas capacity). Per Data Center Dynamics, how the data center will be powered has not been publicly revealed; Duke Energy is the regional utility but the facility's energy arrangement is unconfirmed.
Energy and water usage figures were made confidential under the county's April 2025 incentive agreement for 'Project Blue Marlin' and are not publicly disclosed.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50% property tax reduction; 65% personal property tax relief (20-year incentive package per building, contingent on $1B investment and 50 jobs by end of 2030) | Not established | Richmond County, NC | 2025 |
Notes on the record
Energy Way Industrial Park, Rockingham, NC. Up to 20 buildings each 200,000-225,000 sq ft at full build. No state incentives; only local county tax breaks. MW capacity not publicly disclosed. Coordinates are Rockingham city centroid. Original secondary source (richmondnc.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=168) returned HTTP 404 and was replaced with Business NC article. poweredBy field removed: DCD reports the method of powering has not been publicly confirmed.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Terra Nexus Rockingham Data Center (Old Cheraw Highway) · Rockingham · Terra Nexus Land Fund I, LLC2 mi · Proposed · Mixed reception
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus in Rockingham?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 29, 2026. Groundbreaking ceremony October 31, 2025 attended by local and state officials; described as largest single capital project in NC history
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of August 29, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Amazon Web Services is the operator on record. We hold 54 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 800 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Amazon Web Services Richmond County Data Center Campus," updated August 29, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aws-richmond-county-nc.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/aws-richmond-county-nc, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Amazon breaks ground on $10bn data center complex in Richmond County, North Carolina · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Amazon plots state record $10B data center project in Richmond County · Business North Carolina · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Inside the secretive deal for a $10 billion Amazon data center in rural NC · Cardinal & Pine (reporting by Inside Climate News) · retrieved August 15, 2026
- 4.DEQ announces joint public hearing on Amazon data center and Duke Energy air quality permits in Richmond County · North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality · retrieved August 29, 2026
- 5.Amazon's Richmond County data center gets green light on air quality permits · WUNC · retrieved August 29, 2026
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